The heartbreaker
2.2056
points from the title
Came within 2.2056 points of the Grand Championship at 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY) (May 17, 2019).
Sweet Willy’s BBQ
Sweet Willy’s BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2019. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Horse Town Brew N Que Festival (JUDGES FULL) (2019), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1530
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
May 17, 2019
latest May 31, 2019
Grand champs
1
1 reserve
Category wins
3
5 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 2 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 7%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 176.01 · weakest Pork Ribs (174.30)
Road miles
6
across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
1 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Backyard avg
350.30 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 1 GC
Backyard (4-meat) avg
674.87 / 720
1 Backyard (4-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 178.3200 | 173.7028 | 176.01 | top 7% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 176.5944 | 172 | 174.30 | top 10% |
| Pork | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 174.8456 | 174.8456 | 174.85 | top 6% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
More numbers
First title
May 31, 2019
Horse Town Brew N Que Festival (JUDGES FULL)
Opponents faced
75
finished ahead 76 times, behind 1
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
201914 milestones
- First tracked contest 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First category win (Pork) 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall podium 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First Reserve Championship 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.8688 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score674.8688 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)178.3200 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First Grand Championship Horse Town Brew N Que Festival (JUDGES FULL)
- First state championship Horse Town Brew N Que Festival (JUDGES FULL)
- First multi-meat day Horse Town Brew N Que Festival (JUDGES FULL)
- Biggest field won (49 teams) Horse Town Brew N Que Festival (JUDGES FULL)
- Most recent contest Horse Town Brew N Que Festival (JUDGES FULL)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2019 | Horse Town Brew N Que Festival (JUDGES FULL) 🏅 Norco, CA | 1 / 49 (350.2972) | 1 (173.7028) | 1 (176.5944) | — | — |
| May 17, 2019 | 16th Annual Burnt Offerings (BACKYARD ONLY) Riverside, CA | 2 / 16 (674.8688) | 2 (178.3200) | 3 (172) | 1 (174.8456) | — |